Author's note: Okay, just to let you guys know, in case you are wondering. This story takes place after The Last Olympian but The Lost Hero never has and never will happen.
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO, just like all of the other wonderful authors on this website! Thank you and enjoy the story.
I woke up in the morning excited. I checked my clock to see what time it was, 7:30 a.m. I just had a half an hour to clean up my very messy cabin for inspection, get dressed, and go to breakfast. To clean, I just shoved all of my clothes in a huge heap into my trunk. Then I took all of the trash, stuff it in a bag, and pushed it under one of the bunks. Finally, I slipped on my clothes ran a comb very, very quickly through my hair just so it look decent, and headed off to the pavilion for breakfast with just 5 minutes left. I still can't quite figure out how my cabin gets so messy everyday even though I'm the only one living in it.
I finally got to the pavilion just as breakfast was about to start and sat down at the Poseidon table. I decided to have milk this morning. As soon as I got my food, I walked in line with the rest of the campers to the brazier and offered some food to my dad. It smelled like chocolate chip cookies as it burnt and wafted up. (I guess dad was in the mood for dessert this morning.) I then went back to my table and ate my breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon.
Next was cabin inspection, and Clarisse was the one inspecting today. Not a good thing. When she got to my cabin, I knew I was in trouble. So, I just sat down in the back of the cabin watching the fountain my father had given me, hoping that she wouldn't notice me. While I was sitting there, I realized I still had that excited feeling. I was trying to remember why I was so excited, when suddenly, it hit me. Today, Annabeth and I were going on a date. She still didn't know where I was taking her, but I did. I was taking her to the fanciest restaurant in town that I could afford (but not too fancy for either of us), watching a movie with her, whatever movie she wanted, and then, if we had time, I wanted to take her for a little walk through central park. I couldn't wait.
When I finally stopped thinking about what we were doing tonight for our date, I realized that Clarisse had already finished inspecting my cabin and had moved on to the others. I breathed a sigh of relief that she hadn't seen me, or if she had, she just didn't feel like beating me up at the moment. I got up onto my feet and steadied myself. I glanced over at my clock; it was 11:30, time for me to go to archery. Since I was the only one in my cabin, I got one-on-one lessons with Chiron. I dashed out to the woods and started my archery. I wasn't exactly the best archer, but most of the time I could at least get the arrow on the target. I did say most of the time though. I am known for having a few stray arrows fly off to random places. Don't even get me started on the arrow that somehow hit Chiron on the butt. (I think that Apollo had something to do with that though). After my lesson and getting a little closer to the bull's eye (luckily there were no stray arrows this time, Apollo must have been busy) I walked off toward my cabin to try to straighten up a little bit before the conch horn blew for lunch.
After lunch, I walked off and did all of my afternoon activities. I finished at around 5:30. I had received permission from Chiron to skip dinner and take Annabeth out on date. The date was at 7:00 so I had some time to get ready for our date, and I would need that time. I tore through my closet in search of something to wear. After rummaging around for a while, I found something nice enough to wear: a gray-and-black striped collared shirt, a pair of black slacks, and gray dress shoes. I then grabbed a towel and my clothes and headed off to the shower. I got in the shower and started bathing. I always had to remember to get wet in the shower though, or it didn't work out too well.
Once my shower was done, I put on my clothes and did my hair a lot nicer than I had this morning. Once I was happy with how I looked, I went back to my cabin to clean up a little and prepare everything I needed for the date. I looked over at the bouquet of roses on my bedside table. There were twelve real roses and one fake, sea green rose with baby's breath all together to give to Annabeth. I hoped she would like them. I stared by folding the clothes in my trunk and hanging up what needed to be hung up.
When I was satisfied with my clothes, the clock said 6:45 so I grabbed the roses, checked my outfit and hair, and headed off toward the Athena cabin to pick up Annabeth. Once I arrived at the Athena cabin, I knocked on the door and waited. A few seconds later, Annabeth's half-brother, Malcolm, answered the door. As soon as he saw me he called back to Annabeth, who I guessed was doing a last minute check to make sure she looked fine. Not that she needed it though; she always looked amazing without even trying. I mean, she even looked beautiful with ratted hair pulled back in a ponytail and dressed in full battle armor. That's how beautiful she was. Once she finally came out into view, my jaw dropped. She looked gorgeous. She was wearing a sea green, one-strapped dressed dress that knotted at the top of the strap, right on top of her shoulder. It had sequins on the neck line and a satin belt around the waist that tied in the back. It was absolutely stunning. She had her hair down and was wearing sea green eye shadow with a little bit of blush too. She even had sea green flats. I had never seen her look this…how should I put this…pretty and girly. That's it, pretty and girly.
"Hi." She said smiling..
"Hey, ready to go?" I asked her.
"Yeah." She said as I took her hand and led her out of the cabin.
Author's note: So, what do you think of my story? Too short, too long? Is it good or bad? Do you love it, like it, don't like it, hate it? Please review and tell me what you think! Please be kind though, because this is my first story. I will be updating every Thursday, so I will need plenty of reviews to make that possible. Also, on my profile I will be posting links to pictures of the outfits worn by Annabeth and Percy. Check it out!